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assume that the insertion point is positioned at the beginning of the txtName text box. which one of following instructions will select the contents of the txtName text box?
txtName.SelAll=txtName.Text
txtName.SelLen=Length[txtName.Text]
txtName.SelLength=txtName.Text
txtName.SelLength=Len[txtName.Text]
thanks
Hi Shawn,
You do need to specify the SelStart too, so this should do the trick:
txtName.SelStart = 0
txtName.SelLength = Len(txtName.Text)
If you use a button to invoke this, you can set the focus back to the textbox like this:
txtName.SetFocus
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